Only 16 high school students in Mississippi took the AP Computer Science exam in 2016; none were female; only 1 student was Hispanic or Latino; no students were Black; no students were Native American or Alaska Native; no students were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Mississippi currently has 1,070 open computing jobs (4.2 times the average demand rate in Mississippi).
The average salary for a computing occupation in MS is $68,975, which is significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($37,620). The existing open jobs alone represent a $73,803,250 opportunity in terms of annual salaries.
